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Sally is an
English language feminine
given name that originated as a
hypocorism for
Sarah .
[1] Young children often have difficulty in pronouncing the letter
r , which resulted in nicknames like Sally that substitute the letter
r for
l . Other examples include
Dolly for
Dorothy ,
Hallie for
Harriet ,
Lolly for
Laura , and
Molly or
Polly for
Mary . Sally and spelling variant Sallie have also been in use as independent names since the 1700s. The name was popularized by cultural influences in the early 20th century, including the popular Broadway musical
Sally , which debuted in 1920. Actress
Marilyn Miller played Sally on stage and
a 1929 film . An earlier
film featured
Colleen Moore in the role of Sally. The popularity of performer
Sally Rand also increased usage of Sally in the
Anglosphere in the 1920s and 1930s. In the United States, the name was among the top 100 names for American girls until 1956. It reached the peak of its popularity in 1939, when it was the 52nd most popular names for American girls. It then declined in use, but had a brief increase in use in the late 1970s due to the influence of the American actress
Sally Field .
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[3] It is also a nickname for
Salome and Salimeh, which are especially popular in the Eurasian country
Georgia .
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People
Sally Field is among the most famous people named Sally
Sally Ride was the first American female astronaut
Actress
Sally Kellerman
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates
Sally Amaki , American singer based in Japan
Sally Armstrong (journalist) (born 1943), Canadian journalist, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist
Sally Baddock , New Zealand academic in the field of midwifery
Sally Barrington , British oncologist and medical researcher
Sally Belfrage (1936–1994), United States born British based 20th century non-fiction writer and international journalist
Sally Anne Bowman (1987–2005), British murder victim
Sally Boyden (cyclist) (born 1967), British track and road racing cyclist
Sally Boyden (singer) (born 1966), Australian singer and actor
Sally Bretton , British actress
Sally Carr (born 1945), Scottish singer, lead singer of the 1970s pop group
Middle of the Road (band)
Sally Clark (disambiguation)
Sally Cluchey , American politician
Sally Cockburn , Canadian-American mathematician
Sally Cookson , British theatre director
Sally Davies (artist) (born 1956), Canadian painter and photographer, based in New York City
Dame
Sally Claire Davies (born 1949), British doctor and government health advisor
Sally Dexter (born 1960), British actress
Sally Douglas (1941–2001), British actress
Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs , also known as Sallie Ward, (1827–1896), American socialite
Sally Dynevor (born 1963), British actress
Sally Field (born 1946), American actress
Sally Gunnell (born 1966), British hurdler
Sally Hawkins (born 1976), British actress
Sally Hemings (c. 1773–1835), slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, believed to have had six children by him
Sally Hill , New Zealand academic
Sally Ann Howes (1930–2021), British-American singer and actress
Sarah "Sallie" A. Hughes (1847-1916), American preacher
Sally James (presenter) (born 1950), British TV presenter
Sally Jenkins (born 1960), American author and sports journalist
Sally-Anne Jones (1968–2017), British-born terrorist and UN-designated recruiter who is believed to have been killed
Sally Jones , British journalist
Sally Kellerman (1937–2022), American actress and singer
Sally Chepyego Kaptich (born 1985), Kenyan distance runner
Sally Kirkland (born 1941), American actress
Sally Kohn (born 1977), American political commentator
Sally Kosgei , Kenyan politician
Sally Liu , Chinese singer and member of South Korean girl group
Gugudan
Sally Mann (born 1951), American photographer
Sally Ann Matthews , (born 1970), British actress
Sally Milgrim , (1898–1994), American fashion designer
Sally Morgan (artist) (born 1951), Australian Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and artist
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton (born 1959), British politician
Sally Morgan (psychic) , British celebrity psychic
Sally Newmarch (born 1975), Australian Olympic rower
Sally Jessy Raphael (born 1935), host of the American talk show Sally
Sally Pearson (born 1986), Australian track and field athlete
Sally Phillips (born 1969), British actress
Sally Poh (1956–1998), Singaporean beautician and robbery-murder victim
Sally Pressman (born 1981), American actress
Sally Priesand (born 1946), America's first female rabbi ordained by a rabbinical seminary
Sally Rand (1904–1979), American burlesque performer
Sally Reid , Scottish actress
Sally Ride (1951–2012), American physicist and astronaut
Sally Ronk (1912–1986), American economist
Sally Rooney (born 1991), Irish author
Sally Salminen (1906–1976), Finnish writer
Sally Seymour (died 1824), American pastry chef and restaurateur
Sally Shaw (born 1978), Australian cricketer
Sally Smith (disambiguation)
Sally Snodgrass (1936–2022), American politician
Sally Hoyt Spofford (1914–2002), American ornithologist
Sally Struthers (born 1947), American actress and spokeswoman
Sally The Farmer's Daughter, stage name of Beckie Mullen, professional wrestler from the
Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Sally Ann Triplett (born 1962), British actress and singer
Sally Wister (1761–1804), American diarist
Sally Yates (born 1960), American lawyer and former acting U.S. Attorney General
Fictional characters
Sally Rogers, a main character in
The Dick Van Dyke Show , portrayed by
Rose Marie
Mustang Sally (song) , R&B song about a Sally who rides
Princess Sally Acorn , from the American Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon and comic book
Sally, a character in the 1981 American slasher movie
The Prowler
Sally Solomon , a character in
(3rd Rock From the Sun)
The title character of
Sally the Witch , a Japanese manga and anime series
Sally (Black Clover ) , a character in the manga series Black Clover
Sally, a character in the 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy movie
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sally Albright, a title character from
When Harry Met Sally... , a 1989 American romantic comedy film
Sally Bains, a character from the 1985 American science fiction movie
Back to the Future
The title character of
Sally Bollywood: Super Detective , a 2009 cartoon series
Sally Bowles , a cabaret singer in Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin and the musical Cabaret
Sally Brown , Charlie Brown's little sister
Sally Brooks, a character on
This Is Us
Sally Carrera , a Porsche 911 Carrera in the Pixar film Cars
Sally Day, a character from the 1986 film
Demons 2
Sally Draper, a character from the American period drama
Mad Men
Sally Fletcher , from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
The title character of
Sally Forth (syndicated strip) , a comic strip
The title character of
Sally Forth (Wally Wood) (1968–1974), a comic strip created by Wally Wood
Sally Gold, a girl in
Tennessee Williams ' Little New Orleans Girl
Sally Hardeman, a character in the 1978 American romantic drama movie
The Betsy
Sally Hardesty , fictional character in
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise
Sally Jackson, the mortal mother of demigod Percy Jackson in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus
Sally Jones / Alison Page, a character in the 1997 American martial arts comedy movie
Beverly Hills Ninja
Sally Lockhart , in a series of books by Philip Pullman
Sally Metzner, a character from the 1997 film
Jack Frost
Sally Simpson , from the musical Tommy
Sally Syrup, Flapjack’s girlfriend from
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
Sally Tomato , a Mobster in Sing Sing from Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sally (film series) , an antisemitic stereotype from the 1910s, played by Ernst Lubitsch
Sally Webster , from the British soap opera Coronation Street
Sally, the subject and partial narrator in some versions of the English folk song
Hares on the Mountain
References